BRANDHALL NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2016

PARENTS EVENING Parents Evening will be held on:

Wednesday 16th November 3.30pm - 5pm Thursday 17th November 4pm - 7pm

Please note that all parent evening appointments must now be booked via Parentmail. The school office will be unable to book a slot on your behalf. Therefore if you require the

Parentmail registration re-sending to you please let us know.

Beat The Bird Penalty Shoot Out Friday 21st October

The Albion Foundation are inviting students to take part in a Penalty Shoot Out fundraising activity.

Children will be required to raise a minimum of £3 to participate and will be awarded prizes based on how much they raise.

Look out for the letter with full details. Please return all sponsor money and fundraising forms by

Friday 21st October. A prize giving assembly will be arranged after the Competion in order

to distribute prizes.

A Mufti day (non uniform) will also be held on this day for children who bring in sponsor money.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Miss Evans, our Forest School and Eco Leader for being awarded 'Outstanding School Effort' by Serco for the Big Spring Clean.

Miss Evans attended a special award ceremony hosted by Serco and was presented with her award at the Town Hall in West Bromwich.

She was also presented with new litter pickers and a cleaning cart for the school. We are delighted her hard work, and that of the pupils has been recognised.

Permission Forms/Pink Forms

Can parents please return

general permission forms and pink forms to the school office

as soon as possible. These forms contain very

important medical and contact information for your child in

case of emergency. Pupils will not be able to

participate in extra curricular activities without them.

BRANDHALL VALUES The Brandhall Community has been choosing core values for the school to adopt to support our vision statement

Inspire - Believe - Achieve

All of our children; all of the time

Groups of staff, parents, governors and school council met to work through an activity designed to find the values most important to us.

After much discussion and debate (the fine difference between compassion and kindness or honesty and trust) we have voted for

Courage - Compassion – Honesty - Ambition - Respect - Belonging

We will be learning about each of theses values over the coming terms and finding out what they look

like in our school and around the world. We hope you will be able to talk to your children about Brandhall values and find out what we are

doing to ensure we all strive to meet them.

My name is Amanda Barrie.

I am an advisory teacher for social, emotional difficulties at Brandhall Primary School. I

work for Inclusion Support which is an outside agency that works closely with the

school to support children who are experiencing behaviour difficulties.

I will be running two parent groups this term with Mr Moore to offer advice to parents

about the difficulties we can all encounter as parents.

The dates are:

Wed 19th October 2.30 - 3.30pm- when we will be looking at getting the kids ready for school in the

morning

Wed 7th December - 2.30pm - 3.30pm when we will discuss bed times .

The sessions will be relaxed occasions with tea/coffee and biscuits available and we will be finished in

time to pick the kids up at the end of the afternoon.

If you would be interested in attending either or both of these sessions, please contact Mr Moore or Ms

Collins in school. Hope to see you there.

Smethwick Foodbank smethwick.foodbank.org.uk

Run by Smethwick Church Action Network Registered Charity in England & Wales (1157993)

Tinned Vegetables Tinned meat/fish Tinned meals Pasta sauce Rice Pasta Tinned fruit Custard Rice Pudding Orange Juice

Smethwick Foodbank is a project founded by local

churches and community groups, working together

towards stopping hunger in

the local area.

The Food bank provides food to

individuals and families of all sizes.

You can help by

donating any of the foods on the shopping list

opposite.

Please bring any donations into school

during week beginning Monday 17th October

2016.

Thank you for your generous support.

Harvest Assembly

On Thursday 20th October we will be holding a harvest assembly to support our local

foodbank.

Any non perishable food donations (see shopping list opposite) will be very much

appreciated.

Our parents have always been extremely generous and

supportive in the past and we are always really proud of the children for supporting those less fortunate.

Please bring any donations into school during week beginning

Monday 17th October.

Thank you very much for your continued support.

HARVEST FESTIVAL On Wednesday 12th October the Curate from Christ Church, Quinton

will be visiting the school. Rachel Heathfield will be joining us to celebrate the harvest and will be conducting a

special Harvest Assembly for the children. We look forward to welcoming her to Brandhall.

INCLEMENT WEATHER/SNOW

It is our policy to remain open unless we are forced to close

because of prolonged or heavy snow fall. You can check the following for school closures:

School Website - Check announcements on

www.brandhall.sandwell.sch.uk Radio - Listen to Heart, Capital, WM or Free Radio.

Facebook & Twitter - Sandwell Council Facebook and Twitter page will list all school closures.

Please note that there is no need for parents to contact the school

to check whether or not it is open. Unless announced on the school website or radio

stations, the school will remain open.

ADMISSIONS

Secondary School Admissions Year 6 parents, please ensure you have submitted your Secondary School

applications online by the closing date of 31st October. Please speak to Anne in the office for any questions or help you may require.

Reception School Admissions

If your child is due to start Reception next September 2017, you should be applying for their school place now. If your child is already in the Nursery, this does not automatically give you a Reception place, you must still apply through the Local Authority. Closing date is 15th January 2017. Please

speak to Anne in the office for any questions or help. All admissions to be found at http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200303/school_admissions/349/apply_for_a_school_place

CHRISTMAS DINNER Wednesday 7th December

Christmas Menu

Turkey/Quorn fillet

Roast Potatoes

Pigs in Blankets

Stuffing Balls

Christmas Vegetables

Snowman Ice Cream

Book at the School Office.

£2 (unless on free school meal entitlement)

SCHOOL NURSE DROP- IN CLINIC

The School Nurse will be in school on Monday 17th October 9am - 10am

for a parent drop -in session. If you have any health /medical concerns with your child

an would like some confidential advice just report to the School Office between 9am - 10am.

No appointment necessary.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

The school Photographer will be in school on

Tuesday 1st November. Unfortunately we are unable to

accommodate “Family” photographs due to time constraints. However siblings enrolled at Brandhall

Primary/Brandhall Tots will be photographed together.

OCTOBER WED 19th - Amanda Barrie (inclusion Support) Parent Group 2.30pm-3.30pm Wed 19th - The Owl Experience - Foundation Stage & Brandhall Tots & Nursery FRI 21st - Beat the Bird Albion Penalty Shoot Out. FRI 21st - Mufti Day for pupils who partake in the Albion Penalty shoot out sponsorship FRI 21st SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSE FOR OCT HALF TERM, NORMAL FNISHING TIMES MON 24th OCTOBER - FRI 28th OCTOBER HALF TERM SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED. MON 31st - TEACHER TRAINING DAY - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED NOVEMBER TUE 1st - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS RE-OPEN TUE 1st - Individual School Photographs WED 9th - Parental Workshop 6pm - 7pm At Brandhall Tots & Nursery. Raising early achievement in Numeracy (REAM) THU 10th – 6LH Assembly 9.15 am (6LH Parents welcome) FRI 11th - Y4 Trip to Black Country Museum WED 16th - Parents Evening 3.30pm– 5pm (book via Parentmail) THU 17th - Parents Evening 4pm - 7pm (book via Parentmail) THU 17th - 6JL Assembly 9.15 am (6JL Parents welcome) THU 24th - 5FD Assembly 9.15am (5FD Parents welcome) DECEMBER THU 8th - 5DO Assembly 9.16am (5DO Parents welcome) Wed 7th - Amanda Barrie (Inclusion Support) Parent Group 2.30pm - 3.30pm WED 7th - Christmas Dinner TUE 13th - Y1 & Y2 Christmas Performance 2pm - 3pm. (Parents welcome) WED 14th - Y1 & Y2 Christmas Performance 9.30am - 10.30am (Parents welcome) WED 14th - Brandhall Tots & Nursery Christmas Celebration. Parents welcome to make Christmas crafts with their children. Drop in 10am - 11.30am or 2pm - 3.30pm THU 15th - Y5 Guitar Concert 9.15am (Parents welcome) THU 15th - Brandhall Tots & Nursery Christmas Party Day for children FRI 16th - SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1.30PM CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUB PROVISION ON THIS DAY DUE TO EARLY CLOSING TIME. PARENTS ARE REQUESTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY MAKE SUITABLE CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS. MON 19th DEC– MON 2nd JAN - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED. JANUARY 2017 TUE 3rd JAN SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS REOPEN FEBRUARY 2017 FRI 17th - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSE FOR FEB HALF TERM - NORMAL FINISHING TIMES MON 20th - FRI 24th FEB - HALF TERM HOLIDAY MON 27th FEB - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS REOPEN MARCH WED 22nd - Parents Evening 3.30pm – 5pm book via Parentmail. (booking will be live 2 weeks before this date) THU 23rd - Parents Evening 4pm - 7pm book via Parentmail. (booking will be live 2 weeks before this date) APRIL TUE 4th - Y3 & Y4 Performance 2pm - 3pm (Parents welcome) WED 5th - Y3 & Y4 Performance 9.30am - 10.30am (Parents welcome) FRI 7th - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSE FOR EASTER HOLIDAYS - NORMAL FINISHING TIMES MON 10th - FRI 21st - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED FOR EASTER HOLIDAY MON 24th - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS REOPEN MAY MON 1st - BANK HOLIDAY, SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED THU 4th - SCHOOL CLOSED FOR VOTING MON 8th - FRI 12th - SATS WEEK for Y6 FRI 26th - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSE FOR HALF TERM - NORMAL FINISHING TIMES MON 29th - FRI 2nd JUNE - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED FOR HALF TERM JUNE MON 5th JUNE - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS REOPEN THU 15th - Sports Day JULY FRI 7th - Summer Fayre TUE 11th - Y6 Performance 2pm (Parents welcome) WED 12th - Y6 Performance 9.30am (Parents welcome) TUE 18th - Parents appointments for queries on reports WED 19th - Leavers Assembly THU 20th - Y6 Prom - 7pm - 9pm FRI 21st - SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS BREAK UP FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS MON 24th - TEACHER TRAINING DAY SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED TUES 25th– TEACHER TRAINING DAY SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED WED 26th July - FRI 1st SEPTEMBER SCHOOL & BRANDHALL TOTS CLOSED FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS

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